Clayton Davis Variety asked some of the behind-the-scenes artists about their challenges and joys working on the year’s most prominent films.Nicholas BeckerSound Design, “Sound of Metal” “The most powerful scene in terms of sound is the last one, which ironically has none at all.
Usually when there’s silence in film, the convention is to put a little hiss or something to fill the void, but Darius [Marder, director] bravely wanted there to be nothing, complete emptiness.
And so when Ruben removes his implant and there’s nothing, the audience finds themselves amid an orchestra of air conditioners, noisy neighbors, or their own breath.
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